Guebwiller
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Guebwiller | |
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Location of Guebwiller  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Haut-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Thann-Guebwiller |
| Canton | Guebwiller |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la région de Guebwiller |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Denis Rebmann |
Area 1 | 9.68 km2 (3.74 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | 11,609 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 68112 /68500 |
| Elevation | 254–620 m (833–2,034 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Guebwiller (Template:Lang-fr, pronounced [ɡebvilɛʁ]; Alsatian: Gàwiller [ˈkaːviləʁ]; Template:Lang-de) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France.
It is situated 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Mulhouse at the foot of the Vosges mountains. The Ballon de Guebwiller, the highest point in the Vosges, lies 8 km (5.0 mi) to the west of the town.
In 2006, Guebwiller had a total population of 11,609[1] and its metropolitan area a population of 31,868.[2]
People
Guebwiller was the birthplace of the physicist and Nobel laureate Alfred Kastler; of the Schlumberger brothers; of the ceramicist Théodore Deck; of Nicholas Niklaus Riggenbach, engineer, builder of steam locomotives and rack railways like the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahnen in the Swiss Alps; and of composer Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin.
Twin towns
Guebwiller is twinned with:
Points of interest
- Romanesque and early gothic church Église Saint-Léger
- Gothic former Dominican abbey Les Dominicains, now used as a cultural center.
- Early Renaissance townhall ( Hôtel de ville)
- Neoclassical church Église Notre-Dame, largest neoclassical church in Alsace
- Musée Théodore Deck et des pays du Florival, largest museum in Haut-Rhin outside Colmar and Mulhouse
- Parc de la Marseillaise
See also
References
- ^ Commune : Guebwiller (68112) on INSEE
- ^ Aire urbaine 1999 : Guebwiller (197) on INSEE
- ^ "Partnerstädte der Stadt Luzern". Stadt Luzern (in German). Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
External links
- Official website Template:Fr icon
- Homepage of the Musée du Florival
- Wikipedia page for Église Notre Dame Template:Fr icon
- The Florivaliens homepage
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